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mikoybnz
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October 5, 2018
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Trouble scaling up my work with gradient grain textures

  • October 5, 2018
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HI everyone!

Im currently wrapping up a personal project of mine and came across an issue. When i try to scale up my entire work from 4x6 to 18x24, the grain effects became smoother, which i dont like. The first picture below is the 4x6 and the second is scaled up to 18x24

Is there a way for me to retain the texture quality from the first picture when scaling up to sizes such as 18x24? I really want that grainy, dirty and noisy look to it and im planning on making art prints out of this. Any suggestions?

I appreciate any help!

    Correct answer Ray Yorkshire

    Another way, make a duplicate of the file you want to enlarge, open it , scale it up

    and go

    Effect > Document Raster Effects Settings

    and lower that, Options lets you dial in values

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    mikoybnzAuthor
    Participant
    October 6, 2018

    Nothing happened when i played around with the transform panel, but lowering the ppi through document raster effect settings worked!

    Thank you guys for helping!!

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    mikoybnzAuthor
    Participant
    October 5, 2018

    I appreciate the suggestions guys, will try them once i get home from work!

    Ray Yorkshire
    Ray YorkshireCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    October 5, 2018

    Another way, make a duplicate of the file you want to enlarge, open it , scale it up

    and go

    Effect > Document Raster Effects Settings

    and lower that, Options lets you dial in values

      khellstr
      khellstr
      Known Participant
      June 4, 2022

      I think this solution only works if your end product is lowress. 

      I have this image (wip) which is about one meter wide when printed. To borders of "grained" objects way too low resolution for that. 

      Also the Grain gets pixalated, but that could be torelabe..



      angie_taylor
      angie_taylor
      Legend
      October 5, 2018

      When you scale an image you can choose whether or not to Scale the strokes and effects. This can be changed either in the Preferences or in the Transform panel. Try changing the settings to see if this achieves what you want. Lovely image BTW :-)

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        mikoybnzAuthor
        Participant
        October 5, 2018

        I will try that. Im glad you like the picture!

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        raoul_U
        Participating Frequently
        March 30, 2025

        This answer is incorrect - textures are not effects, but a calculated fill. They they do not scale with an object when the option 'Scale stroke and effects' is checked. Instead, more fill will be created to fill the obejct, at the same scale as before.

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